Clothes-line reel.



' T. SCALLY.

CLOTHES LINE REEL. APIiIoAIoN FILED rn1 z.24.19oa.

910,962. j Patented .12.11.26, 1909.

HOMAS Sca/:LLM

THOMAS SCALLY, OF. ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

enormes-LINE REEL. j

Specification of Letters Iatent.A Application filed February 24, 1908.

Patented Ian. 26, 1909i Serial No. 417,436.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS SOALLY, a citizen of the United' States, and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes- Line Reels, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof; 1

My invention relates to a'clothes line reel, ada ted to be used as a cover for a clothes pin ox, and the object of my invention is to construct a simple, inexpensive, compact reel, which can be readily operated to wind a clothes line thereon, and which reel is adapted to serve as a cover for a clothes pin box.

My invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafterV more fully set forth, pointed out in the claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combinationutensil of my improved construction; Fi 2is` a vertical section taken longitudinaIly through the center of the utensil; Fig. 3 is an elevation of the clothes line reel detached from the clothes pin receptacle, and showing the manner in which the reel is held while the clothes line is being wound thereon; Fig. 4 is a detail section illustrating the manner of attaching one end of the clothes line to the reel; Fig. 5 is a detail section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4. j

Referring by numerals to the accompany- Y ing drawingsz-l designates a box like receptacle, preferably constructed of sheet metal, in the top of which `is formed an opening; and formed on or fixed to the top, around said opening, is an upwardly projecting iiange 2.

Formed on or fixed to the ends of the receptacle are perforated ears 3, to which are connected the lower ends of a swinging handle 4, by which the utensil is carried.

rlhe clothes line reel comprises a cylindrical body portion 5, preferably constructed of sheet metal, and of such size as that it fits snugly u on the flange 2; and formed on or fixed to t ie ends of this cylindrical body are end plates or iianges 6. Formed on or fixed to the center of the upper one of'these end j gaged by one vheld by means of the plates is a tubular bearing 7, which extends into the reel body, and its inner end is seated in a brace or partition 8 fixed within the cylindrical body 5; and arranged for rotation in the cylindrical bearing 7 is a shaft 9, on the outer end of which is formed a handle 10. A washer 11 is positioned on the lower end of the shaft 9, at the end of the cylindrical bearing 7, and passing through said washer and seated in the shaft 9 is a screw 12, or similar fastening device.

Fixed to the lower one of the plates or flanges 6 is an outwardly projecting arm 13, provided with a handle 14; and fixed on the exterior of the cylindrical body 5, adjacent one of the flanges 6, is an ear 15, to which one end of the clothes line is secured, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

tacle for the on top of the The box 1`serves as a rece clothes pins, and the reel seate box serves as a cover therefor.

When the parts are thus assembled, the entire utensil is conveniently carried by means of the handle 4, and when it is desired to put the clothes line up for use, the free end of the line is secured to a fixed object, and the reel is removed from the body 1 and handle 10. As the reel is moved away 'from the fixed object, said reel will rotate upon the shaft 9, and thus the line is conveniently unwound. To rewind the line upon the reel, the handle 10 is enhand, and the body of the reel is now rotated upon the shaft 9 by manually engaging the handle 14, and in this manner the line is quickly arranged in convenient form upon the reel.

A utensil of my improved con truction is easily assembled or taken ap art, conveniently holds the clothes pins and clothes line, and the reel while not in use forms a cover or lid for the clothes pin receptacle.

I claim z' vIn a device of the'class described, a clothes line reel comprising a pair of plates, in one of which is formed a circular opening, a cylindrical body uniting the pair of plates and attached to the apertured plate along the periphery of the circular opening, ay laterally projecting ear iixed to one of the plates and to which one end of the clothes line is adapted to be connected; a partition arranged in In testimony whereof, I have signed my the cylindrical body, a tubular bearing fixed naine to this specification, in presence of two to and arranged between one of the plates subscribing Witnesses.

and the partition, a handle arranged for THOMAS SCALLY. 5 rotation in the tubular bearing, and a crank Witnesses:

handle fixed on the plate provided With the M, P. SMITH,

circular opening. E. L. WALLACE. 

